Self Awareness

“I could become passively okay at management with some training, with some coaching. I don't want to spend any years of my life becoming passively okay at something.”

Zigging vs. zagging: How HubSpot built a $30B company | Dharmesh Shah (co-founder/CTO) · Dharmesh Shah

“I have this idea that I call the feather brick dump truck phenomenon. When we are showing early signs of burnout, our body will give us feedback usually in subtle ways in the beginning. The feather might be waking up in the morning and feeling a little bit tired. The brick, maybe you have a fight with someone. And then the dump truck is a full-blown health crisis.”

Managing nerves, anxiety, and burnout | Jonny Miller (Nervous System Mastery) · Jonny Miller

“Ideally, you want to notice when it's the feather and then make adjustments or shift then and not have to wait until you experience the full-blown pain of the dump truck, which unfortunately is what happens to a lot of people, especially when they experience burnout for the first time.”

Managing nerves, anxiety, and burnout | Jonny Miller (Nervous System Mastery) · Jonny Miller

“To what do you attribute your success? And you can't say luck. Because I think humble people will always say luck in some way, and I always kind of want to know, how self-aware are you, basically, and how curious are you?”

Interview Q Compilation · Interview Q Compilation

“If you ask yourself that question and the answer is, 'It's been a really long time since I've been stretched in some meaningful way or I've felt like I'm under qualified to be there,' then it may be worth digging into.”

What sets great teams apart | Lane Shackleton (CPO of Coda) · Lane Shackleton

“If your sleep always sucks, if your relationships are constantly strained or frequently strained, if your physical health is failing, there's so many ways that that can be measured. So there's really no excuse for that to say, 'Oh, I just didn't know.'”

When enough is enough | Andy Johns (ex-FB, Twitter, Quora) · Andy Johns

“Challenging your own assumptions. Listening with an open mind but then are you proactively trying to challenge your own assumptions is extremely important. As a big enough product manager as well as a seasoned product leader, if you're not doing enough of that, then I think you might not be listening well. If there's no conflict, if there's no contention, then something is missing.”

Product lessons from Waymo | Shweta Shrivastava (Waymo, Amazon, Cisco) · Shweta Shriva

“Let's say you're a founder and you're trying to decide, should I invest more on processes, or should I invest more in people. The first thing is introspection. What do you believe in, really? What do you believe in, and what do the people around you believe in, and how can you be a coherent leader? You can nudge yourself a little bit away from your happy place, but you're not going to go super far. I think it starts with self-awareness and then that's how people form their authentic leadership vibe.”

What differentiates the highest-performing product teams | John Cutler (Amplitude, The Beautiful Mess) · John Cutler